Twentieth century hand-book for steam engineers and electricians, with questions and answers .. (1905)
Swingle, C. F. [from old catalog], Horstmann, Henry Charles, 1858- [from old catalog], Tousley, Victor Hugo, 1875- [from old catalog] · Chicago, F. J. Drake & co. · leaf 405
FIGURE 143. THE DE LAVAL TURBINE WHEEL AND NOZZLES. turbines. The facilities for converting heat into workare increased by its use, and the losses by radiationand cooling influences are greatly lessened. The De Laval steam turbine is termed by its buildersa high-speed rotary steam engine. It has… … guide blades, the augular position of the nozzles givingdirection to the jet. Fig. 143 shows the form of wheel DE LAVAL STEAM TURBINE 395 and the nozzles. The nozzles are placed at an angle of20° to the plane of motion of the buckets, and thecourse of the steam is shown by the illustration. The…
